Luyện nghe bài hát A Song for Assata

(Common)
In the of God.
In the of the Ancestors.
In the of the Black Panthers.
In the of Assata Shakur.
We this movement towards freedom
for all who have been oppressed, and all those in the struggle.
Yeah. yo, it-

There were lights and sirens, firin
Cover your as I describe a scene so violent
Seemed like a bad dream, she laid in a puddle
Blood bubbled in her chest, cold air against open flesh
No room to rest, pain each breath
Shot wit her hands up
Police questioned but shot she answered
One Panther lost his life, the ran for his
Scandalous the police were as they kicked and her
Comprehension she was beyond, tryna on
to life. She thought live with no arm
that's what it felt like, got to the hospital, held tight
They her room to room-she could tell by the light
Handcuffed to the bed, through her skin it bit
Put guns to her head, word she got hit
"Who shot the trooper?" asked her
Put mace in her eyes, threatened to her
Her mind till things got still
Opened her eyes, realized she's to her best friend who got killed
She got chills, told her: that's where she would be next
Hurt wit anger-survival was a reflex
They lied and visits from her lawyer
But she was buildin as they to destroy her
If it wasn't for this german they woulda served her worse
I read this sister's story, knew that it deserved a
I wonder what would happen if woulda been me?
All shit so we could be free, so dig it, y'all.

(Cee-lo vocals)
I'm of Assata, yes.
to my Love, Assata, yes.
Your Power and is beautiful.
May God your Soul.

(Common)
It seemed like the middle of the night the law awakened her
Walkie-talkies cracklin, I see 'em they takin her
Though she knew,
What made the peaceful was the trees and the sky was blue
Arrived to Middlesex about six inna morning
as they pushed her to the second floor in
a cell, one cot, no window, hell.
Put in the basement of a wit all males
And the smell of misery, toilets and centipedes
She'd exercise, (paint?,) and begin to
Two years hole. Her soul grew weak
Away from people so she forgot how to speak
She frredom is a unspoken sound
And a wall is a and can be broken down
peace in the Panthers she went on trial with
One of the brothers she had a child
The foulness they feed her, hopin she's lose her seed
tight, knowing the fight would live through this seed
In of a doctor, from her stomach she's bleed
Out of situation a girl was conceived
Separated her, left to mother the Revolution
And lactated to hate
Cause federal and state was for a Black fate
Her emptiness was filled beatings and court dates
fabricated cases, hoping one would stick
And said she robbed places that exist
In the midst of threats on her and being caged with Aryan whites
Through dark halls of hate she the light
I wonder what would happen if woulda been me?
All of this shit so we be free.
Yeah, I often what would happen if that woulda been me?
All of this shit so we be free, so dig it, people-

(Cee-Lo)
I'm of Assata, yeah.
to my Love, Assata, yeah.
Your and Pride, so Beautiful...
May God bless Soul.
Oooh.

(Common)
Yo
From Carolina her grandmother would bring
news that she had had a
Her dreams always meant what they needed them to
What made them real was the in between
She dreamt that Assata was free in they old house in
The that they always came true was the thing
Assata had been convicted of a murder she couldna
Medical shown she couldna shot the gun
It's time for her to see the sun from the side
Time for her daughter to be by her side
Time for Beautiful Woman to become soft again
for her to breathe, and not be told how or when
She the chains and escaped the pain
How she out of prison I could never explain
And even to this day try to get to her
but free with political asylum in Cuba.

(Cee-Lo vocals)
I'm of Assata, yeah.
to my Love, Assata, yeah.
We're molded from the mud, Assata.
We the same Blood, Assata, yeah.
Power and Pride, so Beautiful...
May God your Soul.
Your and Pride, so Beautiful...
May God your Soul.
Oooh.

(Assata)
Freedom! You me about freedom. Askin me about freedom?
I'll be honest with you. I know a whole about what freedom isn't
than about what it is, cause never been free.
I can only share my vision with you of the future, about what is.
Uhh, the way I see it, freedom is the right to grow, is the right to
blossom.
is -is the right to be yourself, to be who you are,
to be who you be, to do what you wanna do. (fade out)